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【題目】You wait in a long queue in the supermarket, but when it’s finally your turn to pay, you can’t find enough money in your purse. 【1】 While you are bending down to look for them, the people behind you are getting angry. The cashier is pounding her fingers impatiently on the counter.

【2】 But the good news is: scientists have thought of a way to make queues shorter and paying for things easier. They have invented an eye scanner. In the future, when you pay for food at the supermarket, an eye scanner will take a picture of your eyes and a computer will identify you. 【3】

Students at Venerable Bede School, England, have already got an eye scanner in their cafeteria. After the students choose the food they want, the scanner looks for their information and sends a list of the food to their parents. 【4】 Also, parents pay for the meals at the end of the week, so the students don’t have to take money to school and wait in long queues to pay for their lunch.

If all shops had eye scanners, shopping would be easier. 【5】 So, it seems that it will be a while before most of us get our eyes scanned at the cashier.

A. Sometimes shopping can be unpleasant.

B. You take out your credit cards, but they fall on the floor.

C. If students aren’t eating a healthy diet, their parents will know.

D. Stores are trying several new ways to get shoppers to spend more.

E. Parents are urging the government to introduce better security safeguards.

F. However, eye scanners are very expensive and many shops can’t afford them.

G. As soon as the machine finds your information, it will send it to your bank which pays for your food automatically.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】G

【4】C

【5】F

【解析】本文介紹了一種眼睛掃描儀。為了讓在超市買東西的人排隊時間更短，讓付款變得更容易，科學家發(fā)明了眼睛掃描儀，在未來，眼睛掃描儀通過給眼睛拍照，通過電腦識別，找到信息，它就會自動寄給銀行，以此達到付款的目的。

【1】根據空格前you can’t find enough money in your purse以及空格后While you are bending down to look for them, the people behind you are getting angry（當你彎下腰去找它們時，你身后的人會生氣）可知，B項“你拿出你的信用卡，但是它們掉到了地板上。”承上啟下，故選B。

【2】根據空格后But the good news is...（但好消息是……）可知，“But”轉折，前一句是說購物有時也會不愉快。故選A。

【3】根據空格前In the future, when you pay for food at the supermarket, an eye scanner will take a picture of your eyes and a computer will identify you（在未來，當你在超市為食物付錢時，眼睛掃描儀會給你的眼睛拍照，電腦會識別你）可知，后一句應該說一旦電腦識別了你的信息，它就會自動寄給你的銀行。故選G。

【4】根據第三段After the students choose the food they want, the scanner looks for their information and sends a list of the food to their parents（當學生們選擇他們想要的食物后，掃描儀就會尋找他們的信息，并向他們的父母發(fā)送食物清單）可知，如果學生不健康飲食，他們的父母就會知道。故選C。

【5】根據空格后So, it seems that it will be a while before most of us get our eyes scanned at the cashier.（我們大多數(shù)人用眼睛掃描儀似乎還需要一段時間）可知，前一句是說眼睛掃描儀非常昂貴，很多店都買不起。故選F。